2026-02-17

Haiti's PNH has historically operated with minimal armored support, relying on light vehicles vulnerable to gang ambushes. The current multilateral vehicle transfer program spanning Canada, South Korea, and prior donors represents the largest coordinated armored equipment delivery to the PNH since the force's reconstitution in the 1990s. Fils-Aime's existential threat framing echoes governance language from the 2004 collapse period when institutional rhetoric shifted from crime management to state survival.